DORA

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  • Created on: 20-11-16 18:45
What does DORA stand for
the defence of the realm act
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when was it introduced
august 1914
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what is censorship
to control or alter information
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What increasing powers did the government have
imprison without trial,take over economic resources and control what people read or heard
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what was the purpose of censorship
to make people think the war was going well
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what information was censored
letters from the front and newspapers
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what freedom did DORA restrict
free speech
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what was it illegal to make comments on
military matters, comments that damaged morale, spread discontent among workers and harmed recruitment campaigns
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Who was John maclean and what happened to him
He was a communist who was arrested for saying something about prejudice recruiting. He was fied and put in prison for five days but he refused to pay the fineso was fired from his job as a teacher
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What were the aims of DORA
defend the country from possible enemies and spies and organise the country behind the war effort
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How did DORA control industry
forced workers to stay in jobs, munitions factories, control war supplies and take over coalmines and factories
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How did DORA spread propaganda
spread stories about german attrocities, show war as a success,no picyures of dead soldiers, improve morale, publicise british heroism, present germans as evil
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